Metal cross-tie and rail-fastening.



.No. 796,858. PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

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METAL GROSS TIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

PPLI ATIQN FILED 10v. 22,1904.

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METAL CROSS TIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

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CALVIN DAVID PAXSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

METAL CROSS-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed November 22, 1904. Serial No. 233,836.

, proved Metal Cross-Tie and Rail-Fastening,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to metal crossties for railroads, and has for itsobject to pro vide novel details of construction for a metal cross-tiethat afford great strength for a tie of minimum weight, adapt the tie toresist strain in every direction, and give it a broad bearing upon theroad-ballast; and a further object is to provide a novel rail-clampingdevice which releasably secures track-rails in position on thecross-tie, properly spaced apart.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved cross-tie inposition on a road-bed and a track-rail held upon the cross-tie by anovel rail-clamp. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a track-railand a partly-sectional side view of a portion of the improved cross-tie,the improved rail-clamp appearing in full and broken lines, the sectionbeing defined by their regular line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof an end portion of the improved cross-tie. Fig. 4 is an enlargedperspective view of a bolt-supporting holderblock that is a detail ofthe invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an adjustableclamping-block employed. Fig. 6 is a side view of a rail-clamp andintegral bolt, showing an improved nut thereon, the bolt being brokenaway between its ends. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the nut for theclamping-bolt. Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of atrackrail, a longitudinal sectional view of the improved cross-tiewhereon the trackrailis seated, taken on the line 8 S of Fig. 1, and aside view of the improved rail-clamping means employed; and Fig. 9 is anend view of the improved cross-tie.

The improved cross-tie is formed of metal in elongated plate form, asshown at 10 in the drawings. The upper side of the cross-tie body islongitudinally channeled at several points suitably spaced apart, asshown at a in Figs. 1, 3, and 9, leaving ribs 1) that are parallel andextend the entire length of the tiebody. Integral with the tie-body 10 apreferably central V-shaped flange 10 is formed on the lower sidethereof, extending the full length of said body, and it will be seenthat the ribs 1) and depending flange 1O greatly stiffen the cross-tieand adapt it to support heavy weight without breaking. Near the oppositeside edges of the tie-body 10 and at a suitable distance from each endof the same rectangular openings 0 c are formed therethrough, as shownin Figs. 1, 2, and 8.

For each end of the tie-body 10 a clamping-block 11 is provided, that isloosely engaged within the opening a, which is nearest the end of thetie. The clamping-blocks 11 being alike, a description of one willanswer for the two provided for the crosstie, and, as is clearly shownin Fig. 5, each block 11 consists of a flat, preferably rectangular,baseplate, from which centrally projects a hook member 11, integral withthe base-plate and having the nose 11 thereon extended laterally towardone side edge of the base-plate, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5.

The space between the openings 0 0, near each end of the tie-body 10, issuch as will dispose the opposite side edges of the base-flange 12 on atrack-rail 12 to overhang the nearest transverse edges of these openingswhen said track-rail is seated upon the cross-tie. The relativeproportions of details of each clamping-block are such that the clampingmembers 11 11 on the base-plate 11 may be loosely passed up through theopening 0, near one end of the cross-tie, and when the base-platecontacts with the lower side of the latter the hook-nose 11*, whichprojects in the direction of the corresponding opening 0, will be seatedupon the base-flange 12 of a track-rail 12, that is introduced betweensaid openings 0 c and is thus disposed transversely on the cross-tie.

A clamping-bolt 13, having ail-elongated body threaded at one end andbent at a right angle near the opposite end, so as to produce a shortupright member 13 thereon, is formed with a laterally-offset head 13 onthe upper end of the upright member 13. e The head 13 is passed upthrough the opening 0 when the rail 12 is to be clamped upon thecross-tie body 10, and the body of the bolt is disposed lengthwise incontact with the lower surface of the tie-body, having such length aswill permit its threaded end portion 13" to project beyond the end ofthe cross-tie toward which the bolt trends.

A holder-block 14, which is grooved, as at (Z in one side face, receivesan end of the crosstie body 10 and when in place extends transverselythereon, as is shown in Fig. 1. The groove d is intersected by anothergroove d,

that is formed in the lower wall, which de fines the groove (1, thisgroove (1 receiving the depending flange 10 when the holderblock 14 ismounted upon the end of the tie-body 10. A transverse perforation c isformed in the holder-block below the groove (1 at a point which permitsthe threaded end 13 of the bolt 13 to be passed outward therethroughwhen the holder-block is mounted upon the end of the cross-tie body, asis clearly shown in Fig. 8. A nut 15 is mounted upon the portion of theboltend that projects outside of the holder-block 14, and, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the offset head 13 on the upright member 13 of the bolt13 is seated upon the base-flange 12 of the track-' rail 12 when partsare assembled for securing the track-rail upon the cross-tie.

It will be seen that when the clampingbolt and its members are disposedwith regard to the cross-tie, base-flange 12, and holder-block 14, asshown and described, the clamping adjustment of the nut 15, which pullsthe head 13 of the bolt upon the upper side of the base-flange 12, willforce the opposite edge of the base-flange beneath the hook-nose 11 ofthe clamping-block 11 and bind the track-rail securely on the cross-tie.Provision is made for preventing the reverse turning movement of the nut15 on the bolt end 13, consisting in the formation of a longitudinalgroove 9 in the threaded end portion of the bolt and a correspondingchannel g in the nut across, its thread, this channel also extendingacross the end wall of the nut, which in service is in contact with theholderblock 14. The groove in the bolt-body is continued across the endof said bolt, so that a substantially Z shaped channel is provided inthe nut and bolt when the nut is adjusted so that the groove therein isopposite the groove in the bolt-threads. After the nut 15 is screwedupon the bolt end, so as to draw the bolt-head forcibly into engagementwith the base-flange of the track-rail and the channels in the bolt andnut are disposed oppositely, a keeper in the form of a wire strand g isinserted into these channels and bent at the ends, so as to enter thetransverse grooves in the nut and bolt end, which will secure the nutfrom turning on the bolt.

Obviously the means for holding the trackrail at one end of thecrosstie, as described, are to be duplicated for the other end of thesame, thus securing two track-rails properly spaced apart on thecross-tie.

The upright members 1 l of the two clamping-blocks employed for eachcross-tie may be gaged in thickness so as to afford more or less spacebetween their faces that are below the nose members 11 and thus beadapted to space apart'the rails to conform with the gage of the track.

The construction of the cross-tie with a longitudinal flange 10depending from its lower side at or near the transverse center of thetie-body adapts the road-ballast A to securely hold the cross-ties ofimproved construction stably on the road-bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A cross-tie having a flat body and two spacedopenings therein, a clamping-block having a hook member that projects upthrough one opening, stationary therein, a bolt having an angularly-bentend and head thereon passed up through the other opening, the head andhook member bearing oppositely on the base-flange of a track-rail, andmeans for drawing upon the bolt for forcing the head against thebase-flange.

2. A T-shaped cross-tie having a platelike body, two spaced openings insaid body near each end, a clamping-block projected upward through oneopening at each end of the tie and having a hook member, and means fordrawing the base-flange of a track rail into engagement with the hookmember on each clampingblock.

3. A T-shaped cross-tie and rail-clamping device, comprising aplate-like tie-body having two spaced openings near each end, twoclamping-blocks each having a hook member projected up from a flat baseand passed upward through one opening at each end of the tie-body, twolike clamping-bolts, each bent near one end thereof forming an uprightmember, an offset head on the upper end of each upright member, a threadon the opposite end of each clampin -bolt, a transverselychanneledholder block mounted on each end of the tie-body, the holder-blocks eachhaving a perforation through which passes the threaded end of oneclamping-bolt, and a nut screwed on each bolt end and bearing upon arespective holder-block.

4. The combination with a track-rail, of a plate-like tie-body havingtwo spaced openings therein near one end and between which thetrack-rail seats on the tiebody, a clamp ing-block having a hook memberprojected up through one opening that is nearest to the end of thetie-body and an integral baseflange which bears upon the lower side ofthe tie-body, said hook member bearing upon the base of the track-railnear one side edge thereof, a clamping-bolt having an upright memberthereon near one end, said member having an offset head thereon passedup through the other opening in the tie-body and bearing upon therail-base near the other clamping-block and also clamped upon the sideedge thereof, the bolt having a thread on cross-tie body.

its remaining end, a channeled holder block In testimony whereof I havesigned my receiving in its channel one end of the tiename to thisspecification in the presence of body and having a perforation throughwhich two subscribing witnesses.

the threaded end of the bolt passes, and a CALVIN DAVID PAXSON. nutscrewed on said end and bearing on the Witnesses: holder-block wherebythe rail is clamped be- BELLE CRoss,

tween the bolt-head and hook-nose of the W. W. NEWMAN.

